Saturday, 16 April 2011

Weekend Cooking - Pie in the Sky

Readers here in the UK may remember a crime series called Pie in the Sky which was broadcast on the BBC during 1994 - 1997. The series is currently doing a rerun on the ITV 3 channels each weekday evening at 7.45pm.

The series centres around Henry Crabbe, a police detective, Margaret Crabbe wife of Henry who is an accountant. Together they also run a restaurant called Pie in the Sky.

Henry is the long suffering underling to Freddy Fisher who is fairly senior in the police and who likes to get Henry to do his donkey work for him. When things go well, Fisher takes the credit and when no so well, Henry gets lots of hassle. Henry is old school and is waiting to start retirement, and is simply longing to spend every hour of the day in his wonderful restaurant.

More details about the series are HERE and HERE. This is simple entertainment and is just what the chef ordered!

I love it, I love it!! I especially love it that Margaret is so NOT a foodie and it drives him crazy. For your American commenters, the series is available from Netflix. Thanks for writing about this great show.

You are right, Margaret is not a foodie. I watched one of the series this week in which she thought a sweet apple pie was steak & kidney, The look on Henry's face was a true picture. When he challenged her, Margaret simply replied she was hungry. Fabulous!

Sometimes when I see a show again many years later I don't enjoy it as much because my tastes have changed, but I did enjoy the 'Pie in the Sky' re-runs. Australia's digital channel 7TWO has lots of my favourite British TV shows from way back.

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I am a Surrey girl, who is very proud of her roots, which go back almost 300 years in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. I currently live in the West Country of England, but Surrey is always home! I am also half Italian and thus have an interest in Italian culture and genealogy.

After a career in pharmacy management spanning more than 20 years, I made the decision to look at my options as to where my professional life was heading. I wanted to expand my work portfolio within the training and writing arena; to utilise my historical and research skills along with other qualifications and years of experience. I created The Book of Me, Written by You back in the Autumn of 2012. It threads together the focus of my interests and qualifications. Enabling me to encourage others to think beyond the obvious as we analyse our own lives and those of our close family members.

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